raccourcir

\ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\

/\ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“raccourcir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,928
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plus court.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raccourcir · raccourcir · French

raccourcir · rank #27,928 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,928
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quincaillerie

Nearest frequency peer: quincaillerie (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « raccourcir »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « raccourcir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raccourcir vs raccourcis
90% similar
raccourcir vs raccourci
90% similar
raccourcir vs raccourcie
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raccourcir
PropertyValue
Headwordraccourcir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,928
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raccourcir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).raccourcirse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quincaillerie » (#27,927), « rallie » (#27,929), « rasée » (#27,930). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raccourcir » est au #27,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around raccourcir (IPA \ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,928 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for raccourcir, with forms such as "arccourcir", "raccorucir", and "raccoucrir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "raccourcis", "raccourci", "raccourcie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raccourcir, spelled R-A-C-C-O-U-R-C-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre plus court.
  2. 2
    Décapiter.
  3. 3
    Enlever les chiens pour les rapprocher d’un cerf qui a de l’avance, en parlant du cerf.
  4. 4
    Rehausser, relever, en parlant des étriers ou des étrivières.
  5. 5
    Tenir au plus près du mors, en parlant des rênes, de la bride.
  6. 6
    Ralentir son allure en le retenant dans la main, en le rassemblant sous soi, en parlant du cheval.
  7. 7
    Devenir plus court.
  8. 8
    Devenir plus court.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raccourcir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’autre part, il est quelquefois utile, en voyage notamment, de pouvoir désétaler au bout de très peu de jours ; l’emploi d’une étuve raccourcira considérablement la durée du séchage.
  2. Mais une souris déguisée en pin-up qui, à six heures du soir, vient vous avertir que le quidam qu’on doit raccourcir à cinq plombes du mat le lendemain est innocent et vous supplie de découvrir le vrai assassin dans l’intervalle, franchement les gars, c’est la première fois que j’en trouve une !

Synonyms

accourcir

This word in other languages

abbreviate(English)abreviar(Español)abkürzen(Deutsch)atalhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arccourcir
  • raccorucir
  • raccoucrir
  • raccourccir
  • raccourcirr
  • raccourcri
  • raccouricr
  • raccourrcir
  • raccuorcir
  • racocurcir
  • racourcir
  • rcacourcir
  • rraccourcir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raccourcir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arccourcir2raccorucir2raccoucrir2raccourccir1raccourcirr1raccourcri2raccouricr2raccourrcir1
Edit distance from "raccourcir"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raccourcir"?
"raccourcir" is spelled R-A-C-C-O-U-R-C-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\.
What does "raccourcir" mean?
As a verb, "raccourcir" means: Rendre plus court.
What words are commonly confused with "raccourcir"?
"raccourcir" is commonly confused with "raccourcis", "raccourci", "raccourcie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raccourcir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raccourcir" is \ʁa.kuʁ.siʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raccourcir" come from?
"raccourcir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raccourcir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

périlleuse#27,925ravisseurs#27,931remarquent#27,937repoussent#27,941

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

recouvrer13 variantsrefroidit13 variantsregardera13 variantsremorques13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list